New toxic spill reported at Mexican copper mine
So far Grupo Mexico has been charged with more than $3 million in fines, and could face more.
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Thousands of workers begin strike at world’s biggest copper mine
Close to 2,800 miners at Chile's Escondida mine, jointly owned by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, did not show up for work Monday morning, iddling a 1.2 million tonnes a year operation.
Royal Mint launches online dealing account … in gold
The Royal Mint is encouraging the public to become gold investors with the launch of an online bullion trading service.
Manitoba officially opens two mines
Two mines in the Snow Lake area of Manitoba, Canada, were officially opened last week.
Sudbury digging deep for underground mining research
The Centre for mining Excellence in Sudbury is launching a request for proposals that would be eligible for its $46 million Ultra Deep Mining Network, Northern Ontario Business reported earlier this month.
Alpha Natural Resources selects Plum Energy to supply LNG for Eagle Butte mine haul trucks
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(NYSE: ANR), announced Friday that Plum Energy LLC will construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on property adjacent to Alpha Coal West Inc.'s Eagle Butte Mine, near Gillette, Wyoming.
Gold Fields seeks to buy producing mines to increase cash flow
Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) seeks to buy mines already in production to boost cash flow, said the South African producer of the metal with operations from Australia to Peru.
No merger on horizon for Alacer Gold, OceanaGold
An article published in the Australian Finance Review has prompted OceanaGold to confirm that OceanaGold had unsuccessfully pursued a business combination with Alacer Gold.
Mali to boost funding and policing of artisanal gold mining
Mali plans to boost funding opportunities for its artisanal miners and to improve the policing of a sector that produces about a third of the country's gold exports, officials said on Thursday at the start of a mining reform meeting.
